[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 21 (Tuesday, February 6, 2024)]
[House]
[Page H436]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




             SECRETARY MAYORKAS GUILTY OF MALADMINISTRATION

  (Mr. McCLINTOCK asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. McCLINTOCK. Mr. Speaker, Secretary Mayorkas is guilty of 
maladministration of our immigration laws on a cosmic scale, but we 
know that is not grounds for impeachment because the American Founders 
specifically rejected it.
  They didn't want political disputes to become impeachments because 
that would shatter their separation of powers that vests the 
enforcement of the laws with the President--no matter how bad a job he 
does.
  Cabinet Secretaries can't serve two masters. They can be impeached 
for committing a crime relating to their office, but not for carrying 
out Presidential policy.
  This border crisis can't be fixed by replacing one leftwing official 
with another. It can only be fixed by the American people at the ballot 
box by replacing this administration with one committed to securing our 
borders, defending our country, and upholding the rule of law. 
Americans are already coming to that conclusion.
  Mr. Speaker, I am afraid that stunts like this don't help.

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